Re: [Linux-decnet-user] DECnet and ifconfig

[Steven W. <st...@ch...>]

Hi,

Also, just to add that this is a known problem in older Red Hat kernels,
but has been corrected for current & future builds. Fedora should be ok,
although I've not tested it personally,

Steve.

On Tue, May 18, 2004 at 07:18:14PM +0100, Patrick Caulfield wrote:
> On Tue, May 18, 2004 at 01:27:04PM -0400, Stanley F. Quayle wrote:
> > After starting DECnet, doing an "ifconfig" (/sbin/ifconfig) returns:
> > 
> > : error fetching interface information: Device not found
> > 
> > Doing an "ifconfig eth0" returns the normal information.
> > 
> > I've done the following:
> > 
> > - Installed on RH 7.2, RH 7.3, and RH 9 via RPM's.
> > - Built DECnet from the latest sources
> > - Installed a separate interface (eth1) and configured DECnet to
> >   use that interface
> > 
> > This wouldn't seem to be such a problem, but the server I'm using is 
> > running other services -- and a "service named restart" causes named 
> > to only run against lo, not eth0.  Other services behave similarly.
> > 
> > This also happens with SuSE, kernel 2.4.21-99-default.
> 
> This sounds like the symptom of a kernel built incorrectly with 
> DECNET_SIOCGIFCONF support. If that's the case, all I can suggest is to get the
> kernel source and build the kernel without this option.
> 
> Patrick
> 
> 
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